A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...

A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...

A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...

A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...

A photograph of James Melton, the noted Metropolitan Opera tenor pictured in front of the Hermitage Hotel at 231 6th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. James Melton was in town to speak at his alma mater Vanderbilt and visit old friends. In the...

A view of the lobby, celebrities, and patrons at the Tennessee Theater in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1952. The Tennessee Theater opened circa February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in...

A photograph of four women in costume selling tickets to the Italian Street Fair. An article about the event appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper on October 8, 1956, citing: "Pizza, pepperoni and puppets abounded Saturday afternoon and...

A view of the lobby, celebrities, and patrons at the Tennessee Theater in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1952. The banner reads: “Tennessee Welcomes Hollywood.” The Tennessee Theater opened circa February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

A 1952 photo related to the Hollywood celebrities invited to the gala at the Tennessee Theater in downtown Nashville. The actor Joe E. Brown is pictured seated on the top row in the middle, among others posing on the staircase. The Tennessee...

A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...

A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...

Pictured: Mayor Ben West presenting a key to the City of Nashville to Jack Wesson? at the Tennessee Theater in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1952. The Tennessee Theater opened circa February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial...

Pictured: Minnie Pearl (right) with an unidentified woman at the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It...

A view of the lobby, celebrities, and patrons at the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1952. The banner reads: “Tennessee Welcomes Hollywood.” The Tennessee Theater opened circa February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

A view of the lobby, celebrities, and patrons at the Tennessee Theater in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1952. The Tennessee Theater opened circa February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in...

A view of the lobby, celebrities, and patrons at the Tennessee Theater in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1952. The Tennessee Theater opened circa February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in...

A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...

A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...

A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...

A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...